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Wide-Eyed One
I came and I saw for you
Audience: See so that we may see.
There was a man
And this man was a father and he had a wife who was a mother
For she had bore two children, a son and a daughter
The man also had a father whom he was born to many years before
And all together in one homestead
Lived this grandfather, father, boy, mother, and sister.
Together they were for meals and speaking and sleeping
Apart they were during the day- while each did as was expected of him or her.
The sister (who was young) played in the dirt
the boy (who was capable) herded the goats
the mother (who was faithful) prepared ugali
the father (who was strong) farmed the shambas
and the grandfather (who had lived) sat with other mzees drinking bamboo beer and telling stories.
One day